Report Card

I had a lot that I wanted to say but I ran out of gas. I am at a low point at school (which normally happens around this time of year) and I just want to stay home everyday!!!! I am tired of dealing with crazy kids and their issues. I would rather stay at home and deal with my own childrens' issues. Hee hee!

Let's go from smallest to biggest. Up first, Hadleigh. She is doing so well with her physical therapy. She is up crawling on all fours. She will use a push toy to walk around the room. She will climb anything and climb it quickly. I have never had a climber before. You have to watch her like a hawk around the stairs or chairs or anything she can get a leg up on.

We are hoping that she will walk before 18 months. That will still keep her in the "normal" range. I say that and what will I do if she doesn't?? She is seeing two great therapists and she will get it in her time not MY time!! I love this pic of her big grin and look what the humidity did to her hair. I love the wings.


I lied. I am now going to Jillian. This girl is doing so well with her reading. She blows me away. She enjoys her dance class. She LOVES going to cooking class with Grammie. They wear hats and aprons and learn the rules of the kitchen. Today they were going to make potato chip cookies. She is so Bryan's child. She is very athletic. She has decided that t-ball is for babies. She wants you to pitch her the ball. She can hit that ball out of the park!! It is crazy!!! You really have to be alert when she is playing ball with Poppy!!

However, her sassiness (and eye-rolling) can get out of control. Yesterday, we were playing with some neighborhood kids and I was standing with the moms and she asked for a snack to which I said "No sweetheart we are going to have dinner in 10 minutes." In front of everyone, she stamped her foot and crossed her arms and basically declared to everyone that I was a horrible mother and that Daddy would have let her. Awesome moment!! I am sure you can imagine the battle that we had in front of the other mommies!!!


I will end with the Roc. He can be so sweet and loving. But the terrible 3s have definitely been wayyyyyy rougher than the 2s. The 2s were mild for him. He will stamp his foot and say no and cry buckets when he doesn't get his way.

He is doing great with his potty-training. He has very few accidents (sometimes he struggles to get his pants/underwear down all the way at school). He even takes his naps wearing underwear (he goes potty right before naptime). But nighttime, he is not even close but that's OK.

Let's talk about the paci. The paci comes and go. Somedays he does not want it at all. Other days he wants it for nap and night. Then somedays he wants it all day and will hunt for one high and low and even steal Hadleigh's if he has to.

I don't know why but I am just not worried about it (it bothers everybody else and I think bothers them that I am not worried about it). I let Jillian have a bottle until she was 2 1/2 and I got flack for that so I cut Rocco down and took the bottle away at 2 but I just don't see the big deal in all of it. To me, they will lose it when they are ready. I have not seen any child in kinder that drinks a bottle or sucks a paci. So I think my kids will be OK too.

Anyways, I love his eyelashes. I don't know where he got them. Bryan and I do not have eyelashes anywhere close to as beautiful as his.

In the end, I feel like I give myself a report card on my mothering skills (or lack of mothering skills). Why do I do that to myself? I need to just relax and focus on the good and listen to Bob Marley.....

Don't worry about a thing

Every little thing is gonna be alright